vertu

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

vertu

From the Latin virtus, which designates moral energy, strength; coming from the Latin noun vir, it was possible that it designated the quintessential manly quality; the word took on a moral meaning in a Christian context, and it became the symbol of the notion of the pursuit of good in all things. But the word has retained a value close to its original meaning in some expressions (e.g.: 'the virtue of medicinal plants' = the effectiveness of said plants; cf. infra).

Definitions

Synonym

Antonyms

défautvice

Plural

vertus

Translations

  • germangerman:Tugend
  • englishenglish:virtue
  • spanishspanish:virtud
  • greekgreek:αρετή
  • italianitalian:virtù
  • dutchdutch:deugd
  • portugueseportuguese:virtude
  • russianrussian:добродетель
  • turkishturkish:erdem

See also

Vertus (pn.) vertueux (adj.)